Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0 can kill subterranean termite Odontotermes obesus by inhibiting cytochrome c oxidase of the termite respiratory chain

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 300, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-200

  Devi, Karunanidhi Kanchana ^a   Kothamasi, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

CHA0; Cytochrome c oxidase; Hydrogen cyanide; Odontotermes obesus; Pseudomonas fluorescens; Termite

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ISOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PEST MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; ISOPTERA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; NEMATODA; ODONTOTERMES OBESUS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 70350238525     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01782.x     Document Type: Article

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